Cooking apparatus.



H. J. FELL.

COOKING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.1, 1911.

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'Patnted Oct. 8, 1912.

HARRIET JULIA FELL, OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK.

COOKING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912..

Application filed December 1, 1911. Serial No. 663,220.

To allwho'm it may concern:

' Be it known that I, HARRIET JULIA FnLp, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Vhite Plains, in the county of est-- chesterand State of New York, have in vented a new and Improved CookingApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved cookingapparatus for broiling, toasting, or otherwise treating articles offood, and arranged to permit of conveniently holding the article of foodin position in a holder or gridiron to allow of readily turning theholder or gridiron periodically and looking it in the adjusted position.

For the purpose mentioned use is made of a pan provided with bearings,of which one is elongated and the other is open, and a gridiron havingclamping members between which the article of food is held, the gridironhaving trunnions engaging the said bearings, one of the trunnions havinga handle for turning the gridiron and the other trunnion having aflattened portion for engagement with the said elongated bearing to lockthe gridiron against turning.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cooking apparatus; Fig. 2 is atransverse section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a face View of theadjusting device, for holding the clamping members of the gridiron thedesired distance apart according to the thickness of the article of foodunder treatment at the time.

A pan A of suitable size and material is provided in its bottom with adrawer B for collecting grease or other drippings from the article offood under treatment at the time. The front and rear of the pan A areprovided at the top with bearings C, C, of which the bearing C is openand the bearing C is provided with an elongated slot C as plainly shownin Fig. 1. The bearings G and G are adapted to support a gridiron orholder D provided with two clamping members D, D for receiving thearticle of food between them and holding the same in position during thebroiling or other cooking operation. The member D of the gridiron Dconsists of spaced bars D attached to end plates D, D, of which the endplate D is provided with a trunnion E adapted to engage open bearing Cand terminating in a handle E. The rear plate D is provided with atrunnion F having a flattened portion F adapted to engage the elongatedslot C to hold the gridiron against turning. The member D of thegridiron is provided with spaced bars D hinged at their rear ends on theplate D and attached at their forward ends to a plate D provided with apin D adapted to be engaged by a locking key G held on the trunnion Eand serving to hold the free end of the clamping member D in position onthe clamping member D. The key G is preferably in the form of springwire bent to form a number of openings for engagement with the pin D soas to hold the clamping member D more or less spaced from the clampingmember D according to the thickness of the article of food clampedbetween the two members D and D In using the cooking apparatus, thegridiron D can be readily opened for placing the article of foodbet-ween the members D and D by raising the latter as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2 after which the free end of the member D is fastened tothe forward end of the member D by the use of the key G. The gridiron isplaced in position on the pan A by engaging the trunnion F with theopening C and placing the trunnion E into the open bearing C. When theparts are in this position the gridiron can be readily turned to bringeither side uppermost, and when this has been done the gridiron ispushed rcarwardly so as to engage the flattened portion F of thetrunnion F with the elongated slot C to hold the gridiron againstturning for the time being.

After the article of food has been treated and it is desired to turn thesame, it is only necessary for the operator to take hold of the handle Eand draw the gridiron forward, that is, until the flattened portion F ofthe trunnion F is out of engagement with the elongated slot C to permitthe operator to turn the gridiron D and with it the article of fooduntil the gridiron is reversed and with it the article of food, and thenthe operator pushes the gridiron rearwardly to reengage the flattenedportion F with the elongated slot C with a View to hold the gridironagainst turning. By suspending the gridiron above the drawer B, it isevident that the grease and other drippings from the article of foodreadily pass into the pan B, which can be withdrawn whenever desired forremoval of the accumulated contents. It will also be noticed that thegrid iron D can be readily removed from the pan for placing the articleof food between the clamping members or removing it therefrom after thedesired treatment is accomplished.

The cooking apparatus shown and described is very simple and durable inconstruction, and is not liable easily to get out tion of its lengthbetween the bearings, one

of the trunnions having a handle and engaging the said open bearing, andthe. other trunnion having a flat portion for engagement with the saidelongated bearing to hold the gridiron against turning.

. 2. A gridiron comprising a lower series 01' supporting rods, endplat-es rigidly connected to the ends of said rods and extendingupwardly therefrom, trunnions extending centrally, and in oppositedirections, from said end plates, an upper series of rods having ahinged connection at one end with the upper portion of one of said endplates, an end plate secured to the other ends of said upper series ofrods whereby to constitute a frame movable upon said hinged connectionwith respect to the lower supporting rods and their end plates, saidlast-named end plate having a pin extending centrally therefrom andadapted to project parallelly above one of the said trunnions, when thesaid end plate is lowered in operative position, and a locking keycomprising opposite clasping members secured to and projecting upwardlyfrom the last-mentioned trunnion' secured at the ends of said rods, anuppersv series of rods having a hinged connection at one end with theupper portion of one of said end plates, an end plate secured at theopposite ends of said upper rods, whereby to form a frame movableVertically on said hinged connection with respect to the lowersupporting rods and their end plates, means for normally holding saidframe in a substantially parallel position above and with respect to thelower supporting rods and their end plates, said gridiron as a wholebeing shiftable between the said pan bearings and having trunnionsmovable through the $1 said bearings, one of the said trunnions having ahandle and being dlsposed 1n the open bearing, and the other trunnionengaging the elongated bearing and having a flattened portion which maybe moved into registry, l 3

and out of registry, with the said elongated bearing, by shifting thegridiron.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRIET JULIA FELL.

Witnesses ANNA- EHRLIoH, CARL BARKHAUSEN.

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Washington, D. C.

